Edgardo J. Menvielle, MD, MSHS, is the director of the Gender and Sexuality Development Program and of the Gender and Sexuality Advocacy and Education Program in the Psychiatry Department of the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He started a national outreach group for parents of gender-variant children in 1998, and later a gender and sexuality development clinic. He is also an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The George Washington University. An internationally recognized authority on childhood and adolescent gender and sexuality, Dr. Menvielle has been quoted in The New York Times and Newsweek. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Count Birds in Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village's Back YardFebruary 18, 2018 at 10:00 am – 11:30 amWashington Square Park, New York, NY 10012, USASunday, Feb. 18th, 10 - 11:30 am, led by Loyan Beausoleil Join us to count birds during the 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), a project of the National Audubon Society. Dress for the weather and bring your binoculars (we will have a couple of spares). Consider using the eBird app to log and share…